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Speaker 1: welcome everybody to Monster Territory presented by Fox One. How's

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Speaker 1: everybody doing here tonight? Man? Oh man, we just had

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Speaker 1: a man some recent developments of your joining us live

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Speaker 1: here here on YouTube. The Blue Jays have knocked off

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Speaker 1: the Yankees, my goodness. How about the Toronto freaking Blue Jays.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'll be honest with you. You know, coming

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Speaker 1: Blue Jays, that was a team I was not comfortable with. Right.

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Speaker 1: You go back to the Blue Jays and the Red

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Speaker 1: Sox in the beginning of twenty twenty five. You know,

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Speaker 1: the Blue Jays they were putting in the work against

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Speaker 1: and right in Toronto, that big flat homer. That's just

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Speaker 1: and they took two out of three, but I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I still wasn't feeling comfortable about it. I had the

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Speaker 1: I had the Mariners, the Tigers. We'll talk about them,

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Speaker 1: you know, here in a little bit again, we are

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Speaker 1: presented by Fox One here tonight. Awesome new friendly friends

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Speaker 1: over at Fox One. Thank you for supporting the show

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Speaker 1: here tonight. But for the you know, I got the

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Speaker 1: good defensively. It's just a good team all around. We'll

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Speaker 1: Keep Bregman in Boston. That is my first wish. But

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Speaker 1: very happy Yankee elimination day. How about those Yankees, man,

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Speaker 1: about it. We talked about the good reasons the other day.

426
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Speaker 1: Obviously he brings the power. The Green Monster would not

427
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Speaker 1: take away a lot of the home runs that he

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Speaker 1: hit this past year. I believe it was one less

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Speaker 1: expected home run on stat cast. Another thing I didn't

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Speaker 1: point out with Alonso the other night as well, is

431
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Speaker 1: he's been playing in a big market, right, And I

432
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Speaker 1: think the fact that he's been with the Mets all

433
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Speaker 1: this time, he's ready to go to a market like Boston, Right,

434
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Speaker 1: that's a big thing when it comes to a lot

435
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Speaker 1: of these players. Same thing with guys going to the Yankees.

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Speaker 1: You know, is the market going to be something that

437
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Speaker 1: they're going to be okay with? Right? The criticism that

438
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Speaker 1: they're going to get from the writers, the fans. You know,

439
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Speaker 1: when you have a bad game or you know, a

440
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Speaker 1: bad week like Trevor story. Getting back to him, I

441
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,600
Speaker 1: think he showed you why you would like to keep

442
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Speaker 1: him around just because of the good season he had,

443
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Speaker 1: but that may that he was having, I mean, go

444
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Speaker 1: back to the end of that month, go back to

445
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:44,320
Speaker 1: look at you know what all the writers were were

446
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 1: putting saying on podcasts, the fans all over Twitter calling

447
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 1: for him to get traded, dfade whatever, I mean, But

448
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,480
Speaker 1: he's stuck with it and he persevered and ended up

449
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Speaker 1: having a really good season at the plate. That's the

450
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Speaker 1: kind of mentality I want to have, right when the

451
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Speaker 1: times are tough, you're gonna dig in, you're gonna block

452
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Speaker 1: out the noise, and you're gonna get yourself right. And Alonso,

453
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Speaker 1: he's been in this market. I think that says a lot,

454
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Speaker 1: right and uh, he's been able to thrive with that

455
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Speaker 1: media market there in New York. So from that front,

456
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Speaker 1: I think it's a great fit. Offensively, yes, but it's

457
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Speaker 1: also what he does in clutch moments, in high leverage moments.

458
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Speaker 1: He does well with runners in scoring position. He had

459
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Speaker 1: I think believe it was close to a one to

460
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Speaker 1: ad WRC plus with runners in scoring position. This year,

461
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Speaker 1: the Red Sox lack that they need that thump in

462
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Speaker 1: the middle of the order. Yes, Scott Boris is his client.

463
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,439
Speaker 1: That's never going to help. But like I said at

464
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Speaker 1: the start of the show, if there's ever a time

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Speaker 1: for the Red Sox to get aggressive, I do think

466
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Speaker 1: it's this time. And also his age I think fits

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Speaker 1: within this competitive window. They're just going into a competitive window.

468
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Speaker 1: He's only about to turn thirty one years old. You

469
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Speaker 1: probably got it at least a few more good years

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Speaker 1: out of Alonso timeline wise, I think it makes a

471
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:12,360
Speaker 1: ton of sense performance wise, personality wise. He's got a nickname,

472
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 1: the Polar Bear for crying out loud. You have the

473
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Speaker 1: war Pigan the Polar Bear in Boston. I mean, it

474
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Speaker 1: just checks off so many boxes. I think he's the

475
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Speaker 1: perfect fit. He's the guy I think you gotta go after.

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Speaker 1: But again, I'll say this one more time. I do

477
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Speaker 1: think there is value keeping Low. He could get non tendered.

478
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Speaker 1: I definitely see that, you know, being a possibility. But

479
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Speaker 1: if you kept him in the fold, you'd still have

480
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Speaker 1: that good defensive first base Alonzo. You get DHM for

481
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Speaker 1: the most part, play first base other days when Low

482
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Speaker 1: needs a rest or whatever you know, you can make

483
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Speaker 1: that work with the lefty righty combo. We'll see what

484
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Speaker 1: happens with Low Regardless, I think Alonso is a guy

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Speaker 1: you have to go after. You have to go after him.

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Speaker 1: There are some other options though, There are some other options,

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Speaker 1: but I do have to wrap it up right there.

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Speaker 1: If you are watching on Nesson, we are at a time.

489
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Speaker 1: But if you want to see the rest of the show,

490
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Speaker 1: come over to Masa Territory on YouTube and see what

491
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Speaker 1: else I gotta say. But everyone on Nesson, thank you

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Speaker 1: for watching, and we'll talk to you next time. But

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Speaker 1: let's get back to this. There are other options, right

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Speaker 1: If Alonzo is not gonna be a possibility, you got

495
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Speaker 1: Yenio Suarez, He's gonna be there again this there could

496
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Speaker 1: be positives for the fact that I'm about to mention

497
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Speaker 1: in a couple of different ways. Right with Alonzo, I

498
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Speaker 1: feel his age. Surey, he's on the north side of

499
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Speaker 1: thirty now, but you still I think got a few

500
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Speaker 1: good years out of him, and he fits into this window.

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Speaker 1: Now it's Suarez. He just turned thirty four, So yes,

502
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Speaker 1: he just said forty nine home runs, right, But how

503
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Speaker 1: many times in the past if we've seen a guy,

504
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Speaker 1: you know, get to his mid thirties and they just

505
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Speaker 1: start dropping off, right, we'll see I mean, obviously at

506
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Speaker 1: a great year of five twenty six on the slugging,

507
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: there are some things with Suarez that do worry me

508
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: a little bit. Sure, the five twenty six slugging, but

509
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 1: only a two ninety eight on base a two twenty

510
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Speaker 1: eight batting average, almost a thirty percent k rate. So yeah,

511
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Speaker 1: that power would be fun of family park, But I

512
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,399
Speaker 1: don't know the on base ability, the strikeouts. I'm not

513
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Speaker 1: a huge fan. Yeah, it would be fun to see

514
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Speaker 1: some absolute rockets over the Monster, but I don't know.

515
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Speaker 1: Thirty four again, but that could also be maybe something

516
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Speaker 1: in the Red Sox favor where if they're looking to

517
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Speaker 1: keep a contract pretty short and tidy, maybe they could

518
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Speaker 1: pull off a three year deal with Suarez, four year deal.

519
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people would look at this

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Speaker 1: if they signed Suarez over Alonzo, I could see a

521
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Speaker 1: lot of people thinking, all right, they cheaped out. I

522
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Speaker 1: think that would be a possibility of people a possible

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Speaker 1: reaction contract wise because of the length. I think that

524
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Speaker 1: is something that could be a benefit. I'd like the power,

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Speaker 1: right I would like it. But he's a good offensive player.

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Speaker 1: I just worry about the strikeouts. I worry about getting

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Speaker 1: on base. So but he is an option, right, he

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Speaker 1: is an option. Now there is also Josh Naylor. Now

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Speaker 1: with Naylor with Suarez right handed bat, daylor now you're

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Speaker 1: going into the left handed bats. He's a guy where

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Speaker 1: I feel like his personality, his competitiveness would fit in

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Speaker 1: Boston in that market. And he's a good hitter. He

533
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Speaker 1: hit two ninety five this year, three fifty three on base,

534
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Speaker 1: a four sixty two on the slugging, one twenty eight WRC.

535
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Speaker 1: Plus he doesn't really strike out. He only struck out

536
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Speaker 1: fourteen percent this year, makes a good amount of contact.

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Speaker 1: I think this is a guy that would make a

538
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Speaker 1: lot of sense. The only way I see this happening

539
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Speaker 1: is if they do non tender low Oh and then uh,

540
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Speaker 1: I mean that basically tell I mean if they end up,

541
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Speaker 1: I mean, Naylor is gonna get himself a multi year deal.

542
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 1: To me, if you're signing Naylor, that pretty much tells me.

543
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Speaker 1: Look because also the fact he's not a bad defender

544
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Speaker 1: at first base, that would tell me that's pretty much

545
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Speaker 1: the end of Cassus in Boston. Right, So I don't

546
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Speaker 1: know if Naylor really is a I don't know. It

547
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Speaker 1: depends on Craig. At the at the end of the

548
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Speaker 1: season press conference, he still sounded like he had some

549
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Speaker 1: good hopes for Casus. Uh right. He did say, hey,

550
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Speaker 1: you know, we've seen the player that he can be. Right,

551
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Speaker 1: if they signed Naylor, though, I think that would pretty

552
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Speaker 1: much spell the end of that. I think it's more

553
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Speaker 1: likely it would be Alonso or Suarez personally. Now getting

554
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Speaker 1: back to Suarez, you might be saying, well, Robbie plays

555
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Speaker 1: third base, Well, this is where you could do Suarez

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Speaker 1: at d H and if he kept low, right, he

557
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Speaker 1: would be the first baseman. Just to clarify that, Naylor

558
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 1: would be the everyday first baseman, right, I do like Naylor. Again,

559
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Speaker 1: it's just a matter of do I see the Red

560
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Speaker 1: Sox doing it. I don't know. And I will also

561
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 1: say this, his home runs were down this year. Pointing

562
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Speaker 1: that out, he had thirty one back on twenty four

563
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Speaker 1: with Cleveland. That was a career high, but then he

564
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: went back down. Also, he's stole thirty bases this year.

565
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: What the heck is that? That guy's massive? What is

566
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: the weight he Waig. Where is his weight? I can't

567
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: find his weight. I'm on fangrass. They don't put the weight.

568
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,440
Speaker 1: But he's a he's a big guy, and he's stole

569
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Speaker 1: thirty bases. It's some of these guys stealing bases this year.

570
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 1: Juan Soto all of a sudden, stealing bases like what

571
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: the heck? But Naylor, I'd like him in Boston, right,

572
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 1: But gossas that that would be it. So I do

573
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Speaker 1: think one of those guys could be a possibility. And

574
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Speaker 1: then there's also a bit of a wild card, Munataka Murakami.

575
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 1: I wonder if the Red Sox would be interested here,

576
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of people they're going to

577
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: go right back to the signing of Massataka Yoshita, right. Obviously,

578
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Speaker 1: for the most part, yes, Moss has had some good moments.

579
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Speaker 1: He is still a fan favorite for a lot of

580
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Speaker 1: guys out there, for a lot of people, for a

581
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Speaker 1: lot of fans out there. But for the most part,

582
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Speaker 1: I think we could agree the contract has been a

583
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: bit underwhelming. So I don't know, do the Red Sox

584
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Speaker 1: want to take a chance on a guy like Murakami

585
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 1: who did at fifty six home runs back in twenty

586
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Speaker 1: twenty two, when he was only twenty two years old.

587
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: I believe twenty two years old, he set the record

588
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Speaker 1: for a Japanese born player with home runs in a

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Speaker 1: season with fifty six. That's incredible at that age, it's insane,

590
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Speaker 1: and he's putting up really good numbers this year. He

591
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: did step back a little bit over the last couple

592
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: of years, right, the slash line had gone down, But

593
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 1: this year the numbers are looking really good again. Twenty

594
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 1: twenty two, he hit three eighteen with a four to

595
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Speaker 1: fifty eight on base and a seven to ten on

596
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Speaker 1: the slugging. Last couple of years, like I said, the

597
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 1: numbers took a bit of a dip. Not bad numbers,

598
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: but nowhere near what he did in twenty two. But

599
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Speaker 1: this year so far he's hitting two seventy three, a

600
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Speaker 1: three seventy nine on base, and a six sixty three

601
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Speaker 1: on the slugging. He's got twenty two homers over fifty

602
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Speaker 1: six games. Like, let's just compare that here, over one

603
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Speaker 1: hundred and forty one games. In twenty twenty two, he

604
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Speaker 1: had fifty six home runs in fifty six games. A

605
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 1: little over a third of that he already has twenty

606
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Speaker 1: two homers. I mean, holy cow, like he's on pace

607
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Speaker 1: to you know, get back to what he did, maybe

608
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Speaker 1: even break that record. Right, He's not gonna do it

609
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: because he missed high. He missed a lot of time

610
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Speaker 1: this year. He just came back from injury recently. But

611
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: these are good numbers. The one issue with Murakami though,

612
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: there's a lot of strikeouts. With him, there's been a

613
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Speaker 1: high strikeout rate, and with a high strikeout rate in Japan,

614
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 1: that can be a little worrisome. All right, These are

615
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: guys that throw in the strike zone a bit more,

616
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Speaker 1: the strike zone smaller, and he's had a lot of

617
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Speaker 1: swing and miss. So how's that gonna do when he

618
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Speaker 1: comes to the States? You know, sure things could always

619
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Speaker 1: get cleaned up. I don't know. I just feel like

620
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Speaker 1: he's probably not gonna be a guy the Red Sox

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Speaker 1: fully go after. I see him as more of like

622
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Speaker 1: a wild card. You know, we saw the reports I

623
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Speaker 1: believe within the last few months that the Red Sox

624
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: had I think scouted him at one point. I could

625
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,279
Speaker 1: be wrong on that. Maybe I'm maybe I'm confusing it

626
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:51,400
Speaker 1: for something else, but I think, if anything, is more

627
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Speaker 1: of a due diligence kind of a thing. I don't know.

628
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Speaker 1: I'd be surprised if they got Murakami. I just think, yes,

629
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Speaker 1: power is there, but I think they need more of

630
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Speaker 1: like a sure thing at this point. So that's kind

631
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Speaker 1: of where I'm at. My number one guy is Alonzo,

632
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Speaker 1: and I'm seeing a lot of people here across Red

633
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: Sox Land. They're looking at Alonso. Everyone seems to be

634
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: getting behind the idea just makes a lot of sense.

635
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Speaker 1: And now that brings me to Kyle Schwarber. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: about Kyle Schwarber here. Listen. I would love Schwarber. I would,

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Speaker 1: and I think it makes a lot of sense at

638
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Speaker 1: that point. That would basically be the end of Yoshida

639
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Speaker 1: in Boston. I think there's if you ended up bringing

640
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: in Schwarber, there's no way Mossa is coming back, right

641
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: because Schwarber is basically gonna be your everyday DH. Yes,

642
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 1: he plays in first base, but times are different. Now

643
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 1: you could maybe play a couple of games out in

644
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: left field, but you're looking at him dhing every day.

645
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Speaker 1: They would be the end of Masa. Schwarber would be amazing.

646
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 1: He absolutely would fifty six home runs this past year,

647
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: three sixty five on base one F two wr plus

648
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 1: five sixty three on the slugging. I mean, there's no

649
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 1: doubt Shore would be great. He's already shown he can

650
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: play in Boston. He's played in these markets. He's a

651
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: perfect fit. I just have a hard time seeing the

652
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: Phillies letting him go. They're still in this competitive window.

653
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: He seems to like his he's liked his time there.

654
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: He just feels like a perfect Philly you know. I

655
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 1: think at the end of the day that if the

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00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 1: Phillies just offer him, and it's because you got Dave

657
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: Dombrowski too, Dombrowski's gonna pay him. You know, He's shown

658
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 1: in the past where he will definitely pay your guys.

659
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: H He'll especially the guys that have that have been there, right.

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00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,399
Speaker 1: I don't see why they won't get something done with him.

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00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: I'd be surprised if he ended up leaving. I would

662
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Speaker 1: love if he came to Boston. They'd be great. I

663
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: just find the more I think about it, I feel

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Speaker 1: like he's gonna stay in Philly. That's why I'm leaning

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Speaker 1: more towards Alonso at this point, because the fact, along

666
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Speaker 1: with all the the what I mentioned earlier, the Mets

667
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 1: just completely collapsed. I mean, how many times have we seen,

668
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: you know, players, after a collapse like they had, they

669
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: end up just splitting. You know. You go back to

670
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,720
Speaker 1: the Red Sox in twenty eleven, I mean, their manager

671
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 1: was gone, theo Epstein was gone. I mean, goodness, gracious.

672
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: I feel like Alonso at this point, he's probably has

673
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: such a sour taste in his mouth. Who knows what

674
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: else went on behind the scenes. I don't know the

675
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: way he answered the question. I go back to that

676
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 1: end of season press conference he had and they said, hey,

677
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: you're gonna opt out, and he said, yeah, I'm gonna

678
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 1: opt out, like he was very set on it. Absolutely

679
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,879
Speaker 1: was like he had no hesitation, really didn't really dance

680
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Speaker 1: around it. He just said, yeah, I'm an opt out.

681
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Speaker 1: I don't know. That kind of said to me like

682
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: he's done. I mean, of course, he's been a lifelong met.

683
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: Anything had happened, you could always figure something out. But

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Speaker 1: I've kind of read that as like, Okay, I think

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Speaker 1: he wants to move on. I don't know, especially because

686
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Speaker 1: they weren't able to figure out a contract last offseason,

687
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 1: that probably ate at him a little bit even though

688
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 1: they did come to terms on a new deal, he

689
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 1: probably thought to himself like, man, like, why haven't the

690
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,959
Speaker 1: Mets given me a contract? Like why aren't they keeping

691
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,719
Speaker 1: me around? Why aren't they trying harder to keep me

692
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 1: around on a long term deal. So, yes, they came

693
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Speaker 1: to terms, but you gotta think that maybe kind of

694
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: stuck with them a little bit. You know, he said,

695
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: all right, let's go out there, let's try and win,

696
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 1: and let's see what happens, right, and then you had this.

697
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 1: I don't know, man, I think the chances of him

698
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 1: going back to the Mets went down. We'll see, though,

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Speaker 1: We'll see. I see when the chat nick, if Jorge

700
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 1: Polanco has become a free agent, could he fix their problems?

701
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Speaker 1: Here's the thing with Polonko good year this past year.

702
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going anywhere, especially after the year

703
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Speaker 1: that he had and with the injuries. Oh actually, double shot.

704
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: Was that I play option? Or is that a club option?

705
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 1: It's a player option. I don't know. You know, he

706
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: did have a good year, hit twenty six homers, a

707
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: four five on base strikeout rate was so much better

708
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: this past year too, down over ten percent. He could

709
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 1: be a possibility, right, especially after the good year he

710
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 1: had with that. What is the player option worth? So

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Speaker 1: he got the invested as a player option because he

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Speaker 1: hit four fifty. Okay, so it's gonna be an eight

713
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Speaker 1: million dollar player option. Oh that's interesting. I mean, this

714
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Speaker 1: might be a now that I think about it, this

715
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: might be a chance for Polanco to uh maybe actually

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Speaker 1: go get himself a contract. But I wonder if because

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Speaker 1: of all the injuries that he's had, would he maybe

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Speaker 1: want to stick around for another year. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they can come up with a new Maybe they

720
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 1: can try to come up with like a new on

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00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: track right where they give him a bigger salary for

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Speaker 1: next year and maybe like an option after that. I

723
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Speaker 1: think it could make sense for him to stay because

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Speaker 1: of all the injuries he's had, maybe on a new

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00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 1: kind of a deal. We'll see. Bloco could be interesting.

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Speaker 1: I still to me, these other guys that I've mentioned,

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Speaker 1: I would put ahead just because I want I want

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Speaker 1: guys who are gonna be available, And I just don't

729
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Speaker 1: know if he yes, he played a hungred and thirty

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Speaker 1: eight games this series in the postseason. Now I'm not

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Speaker 1: fully comfortable with it. I hope that makes sense. But

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Speaker 1: before we get to the next, the next one, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna get to the next item on the wish list.

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Speaker 1: back to the wish list, shall we. Let's go back

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Speaker 1: to the wish list, and uh, you gotta get a

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Speaker 1: number two for the rotation that's a. That's a that's

775
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: been a big talking point for a while. This is

776
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: nothing new, obviously. If there's if there's ever anything obvious

777
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,959
Speaker 1: you're looking for, it's the Red Sox. You know, death

778
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:24,600
Speaker 1: taxes and the Red Sox needed number two in the rotation.

779
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:27,480
Speaker 1: Uh gi Alito? Who knows what's gonna happen with him?

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Speaker 1: Here's the difference with the Red Sox. Let me touch

781
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: on gi Alito really quick. Is the Red Sox this

782
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 1: time around? Remember when they brought in Giolito, there was

783
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,960
Speaker 1: not a whole lot of depth within the organization when

784
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Speaker 1: it came to the pitching. Well, now there is right,

785
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,360
Speaker 1: you got totally You got early Kyle Harrison, right, so

786
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,879
Speaker 1: you got guys, and they got a couple more guys.

787
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Speaker 1: Luis Paralis, he's in Arizona Fall League right now. To

788
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 1: forget about Sandlin down there. You got some dudes, right, So,

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Speaker 1: I wonder what's gonna happen with Gelie? Though he had

790
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: himself a good year, could that have maybe gotten him

791
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Speaker 1: a possible three year deal, maybe even a four year

792
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 1: deals somewhere? I think he looked pretty good. But then

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Speaker 1: I also think too the relationship was good between both sides.

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Speaker 1: I wonder if you find a way to keep him around,

795
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Speaker 1: you would have a lot of guys looking for rotation

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Speaker 1: spots at that point. So I don't know. All right,

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00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:27,399
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens with Giolito, but we clearly saw

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Speaker 1: this year there was a gap between Crochet and Gilidobao.

799
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Speaker 1: I've said it many times. I think BeO Gilido there

800
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 1: were more of like a three to four in the rotation.

801
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,879
Speaker 1: You need a guy behind Crochet that Krochet every fifth day.

802
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,720
Speaker 1: That guy picked up the slack. He was the stopper.

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Speaker 1: If you're on a losing streak, hand the ball to

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Speaker 1: Crochet and you could rely on him to get yourself

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Speaker 1: back on the right track. Right, or if you're red hot,

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00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 1: you're feeling pretty good about extending that win streak. Right

807
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,879
Speaker 1: postseason Game one, you felt pretty good about it. Look

808
00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:01,279
Speaker 1: what ended up happening in game one. If you had

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Speaker 1: a Game two guy, if you had on number two,

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00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:08,279
Speaker 1: there's a chance maybe the Red Sox already advanced to

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Speaker 1: play in Toronto. There's a chance that I believe Game

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00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: one was supposed to be tomorrow. I believe that was

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Speaker 1: the first game. If the Red Sox advanced so you

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Speaker 1: could have been having a conversation right now where if

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Speaker 1: they had a number two. We're previewing a blue Jay's

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00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: Red Sox see or not tomorrow, you know what I mean?

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00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: The last Thursday when they were starting back up, whenever

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00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 1: it was. I can't even I don't remember the dates.

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00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:42,400
Speaker 1: My goodness, my brain's not working right now. Anyway, you

820
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 1: need number two in the rotation. Joe Ryan's been the

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00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 1: popular name. He came up with the deadline. To me,

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00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: he's a perfect two, perfect two. I don't think he's

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Speaker 1: quite the ace of a staff. I think those days

824
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: where he can look like that, but that's what you

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00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:58,880
Speaker 1: want out of a two. You want a guy that

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Speaker 1: can flat that ace potential at times. I think overall,

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Speaker 1: over a full season, I think he's a perfect two

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Speaker 1: this past year three point four two era fit at

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Speaker 1: a three point seventy four thirty starts, over one hundred

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00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 1: and seventy innings, ten strikeouts per nine, still has a

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Speaker 1: couple more years of control, fits perfectly into this time,

832
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:22,360
Speaker 1: into this competitive window. Too much sense, good amount of

833
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: swing and miss with him. That's what the Red Sox

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Speaker 1: like think. It makes a lot of sense. Joe Ryan

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Speaker 1: is at the top of my wish list when it

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Speaker 1: comes to starting pitching. I will say this though, I

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Speaker 1: will say this, I'm not hell bent on keeping Joe

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Speaker 1: Ryan as the only guy that I want the Red

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Speaker 1: Sox to go after. If they don't land him, my

840
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 1: world is not going to be over right. It would

841
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:50,839
Speaker 1: be a bummer if they weren't able to get him.

842
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: But there's other guys that you could turn to. I'm

843
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:56,719
Speaker 1: looking at Dylan season free agency. I know a lot

844
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Speaker 1: of people might win set the ERA at a four

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00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:02,800
Speaker 1: point five five, but he led this He led this

846
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 1: past season in strikeouts per nine. The guy's gonna get

847
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: a lot of swinging miss. The Red Sox like that

848
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:11,400
Speaker 1: a lot. Greg Breslow, he's a big fan of the

849
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:15,440
Speaker 1: swing and miss. Right, He's gonna attack the zone. I'm

850
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:18,399
Speaker 1: a fantasys despite the ERA this year not looking all

851
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:22,600
Speaker 1: that great again, I will touch on this. I do

852
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:27,239
Speaker 1: wonder a little bit about kind of what he how

853
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 1: he would be in a big market, right he was

854
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,560
Speaker 1: with the White Sox for a while, not really like

855
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:35,279
Speaker 1: a huge market by any means. You know the Padres

856
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, they got a big market, right, I'd

857
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:41,719
Speaker 1: say for the The fan base is a bit more

858
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:46,400
Speaker 1: good fan base, a bit more relaxed, I would say, right,

859
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:53,280
Speaker 1: compared to a Yankees fan base or a Red Sox

860
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: fan base. The Mets, right, Yes, passionate fans over there

861
00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,160
Speaker 1: in San Diego, but compared to the market like you

862
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,800
Speaker 1: know in New York or Boston, a bit of a difference.

863
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: I wonder what that would be like. But would cease.

864
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 1: He's got the stuff. I would not mind the Red

865
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,400
Speaker 1: Sox to go after him at all. Another trade possibility

866
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,919
Speaker 1: could be Sandy al Contra had a tough time after

867
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:20,960
Speaker 1: coming back from Tommy John but overall the FIP didn't

868
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: look horrible, and in the second half he looked really good.

869
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:27,920
Speaker 1: He wasn't getting a lot of swing and miss overall

870
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,320
Speaker 1: in the year. He's never been a big swing and

871
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,880
Speaker 1: miss kind of a guy. The last two seasons that

872
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:38,399
Speaker 1: he has pitched right around seven point three strikeouts per nine.

873
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 1: From twenty twenty to twenty twenty two, he was anywhere

874
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:44,239
Speaker 1: from like eight to eight and a half per nine.

875
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: He's never been a big strikeout guy. He's gonna be

876
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 1: a guy that he's gonna get a good amount of

877
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 1: ground ball. So the Red Sox. If they were to

878
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 1: acquire Alcontra, they have got to improve the defense in

879
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:58,439
Speaker 1: the infield. They absolutely have to do that. That's where

880
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 1: I'd be cool if they got But at the same time,

881
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:06,120
Speaker 1: you gotta have good defense, right so I'd be okay

882
00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:09,000
Speaker 1: with this. You know, there's a guy like fraanmber Valdez

883
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: out there. I'll be honest with you, I want the

884
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: Red Sox to get a righty. You've got a lot

885
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 1: of lefties in the fold already, Crochet obviously, totally early Harrison.

886
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,399
Speaker 1: It's kind of I don't know. I want the Red

887
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: Sox to get a good righty arm, you know what

888
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: I mean. You know, just when it comes to matchups

889
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:31,080
Speaker 1: in a series, you're not having to go, you know,

890
00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:35,440
Speaker 1: back to back lefties. It's not the worst. Obviously, teams

891
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:39,120
Speaker 1: have shown they have multiple lefties right It could be fine.

892
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:42,319
Speaker 1: But I don't know, that's just I'm probably it's more

893
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: of a nitpick than anything. But if they got Framber,

894
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 1: I'd be okay with him too. He's a steady guy.

895
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:51,440
Speaker 1: You just wonder about the whole thing that happened with

896
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 1: him and the Catcher in Houston, the cross up thing.

897
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:59,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. The Red Sox clubhouse is looking good,

898
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:05,279
Speaker 1: things are feeling good, good momentum. Would framber would that

899
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: be a guy that the Red Sox would want to

900
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaker 1: because again, we only had that one incident. But is

901
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:15,200
Speaker 1: there more? Is there anything else that maybe could be

902
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:21,439
Speaker 1: a bit worrisome. I don't know. I'm speculating. I just wonder,

903
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:24,000
Speaker 1: personality wise, is that a guy you would want to have.

904
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:29,000
Speaker 1: I don't know. Numbers wise, yes, he would be very

905
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:32,960
Speaker 1: good for me, though I would prefer Joe Ryan. I'd

906
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: prefer Dylan Cease. I'd prefer Sandy. The advantage of a

907
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,400
Speaker 1: Dylan Cease is that you wouldn't have to give up prospects.

908
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: But then again, it's Scott Boris. You're gonna have to

909
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:47,520
Speaker 1: spend a ton of money. Joe Ryan, obviously, money wise,

910
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,320
Speaker 1: is not gonna cost you a whole lot on the payroll.

911
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 1: You would have to give up prospects. Though part of

912
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:57,000
Speaker 1: me does wonder about that. I do wonder if the

913
00:50:57,080 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 1: Red Sox back to back off seasons, would they want

914
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: to give up another haul of prospects. Now, I definitely

915
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:07,920
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be interested. I just wonder what extent

916
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:13,920
Speaker 1: are they going to go to Are they going to

917
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:17,719
Speaker 1: really offer up that beefy package that included someone like

918
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:21,680
Speaker 1: a Kyle Teel, you know, I think they could offer

919
00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:25,520
Speaker 1: you know, one or two of their top five maybe

920
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: or at least one, but I don't know. I just

921
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,920
Speaker 1: wonder about the overall package. How far are they willing

922
00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 1: to go. I'm not sure would they be willing to

923
00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:37,399
Speaker 1: give up Peyton totally or Connolly early? I could see

924
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:38,960
Speaker 1: one of those guys being in a deal like that.

925
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 1: I would imagine if you're not going to give up

926
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:44,680
Speaker 1: a major league guy like a Jaron Duran or a

927
00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:46,160
Speaker 1: will you or abrave of it, it's just going to

928
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:50,120
Speaker 1: be prospects. I would imagine someone like Franklinarius would be

929
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 1: in that Yes, totally or early? I think so. I

930
00:51:55,840 --> 00:52:00,120
Speaker 1: think the password would probably be in that Again. Do

931
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 1: the Red Sox want to give up that many prospects

932
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 1: again to get something done? I think if you could

933
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:11,520
Speaker 1: get a deal with say Duran or will youer that,

934
00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:17,440
Speaker 1: I think the Red Sox would be open to. You know. So, basically,

935
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:20,000
Speaker 1: I wonder if they're gonna blow up, not blow up,

936
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:21,520
Speaker 1: but are they gonna give up a lot of their

937
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:24,520
Speaker 1: higher rank prospects again back to back off seasons. I

938
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:27,800
Speaker 1: don't know. With Duran and Willier, maybe I could. I

939
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:31,680
Speaker 1: could see that I could see either one, but we'll see.

940
00:52:32,560 --> 00:52:35,320
Speaker 1: We'll see now. With Sandy on the other hand, he

941
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:37,600
Speaker 1: did lose a lot of value this past year. However,

942
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:39,239
Speaker 1: he is on the cheaper side when it comes to

943
00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:43,719
Speaker 1: his salary. He's got a pretty friendly contract, so that

944
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,200
Speaker 1: is going to go in the Marlins favor when it

945
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:48,000
Speaker 1: comes to a return, and he did look good in

946
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:52,400
Speaker 1: the second half. So his projections moving forward, they're probably

947
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:54,800
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty solid. Right if you go back to

948
00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:57,960
Speaker 1: his last full healthy season, he was a three win

949
00:52:58,080 --> 00:53:01,160
Speaker 1: player back in twenty twenty three, he was a six

950
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: win player back in twenty two, a four win player

951
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:07,279
Speaker 1: in twenty one. So if you can get him back

952
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,360
Speaker 1: to being, you know, anywhere from like a four to

953
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:13,040
Speaker 1: a five win player, yeah, the projections moving forward are

954
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 1: gonna look really good. Zips is projecting him to be

955
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:19,439
Speaker 1: around a three wins above replacement over the next couple

956
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:22,239
Speaker 1: of seasons. So combine that with the fact that you've

957
00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:24,480
Speaker 1: got a pretty cheap salary for the next couple of years,

958
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:25,960
Speaker 1: then yeah, you're gonna have to give up a good

959
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:29,759
Speaker 1: amount for Sandy. I think Joe Ryan, on the other hand,

960
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:33,759
Speaker 1: is going to be a bit more pricey because he's

961
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:36,760
Speaker 1: gonna be He's a lot cheaper money wise than Sandy.

962
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:39,920
Speaker 1: And you know, this is a guy that's only just

963
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: turned twenty nine years old. Sandy is now in his thirties,

964
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:47,680
Speaker 1: so Ryan has the age a little bit in his favor.

965
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:50,879
Speaker 1: So I think Ryan's trade value is gonna be higher.

966
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:54,759
Speaker 1: He's gonna be more expensive. Sandy would still cost a bit,

967
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,799
Speaker 1: but I don't think as much. So I wonder if

968
00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:59,359
Speaker 1: Sandy would end up being like the sweet Spot if

969
00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:02,279
Speaker 1: the Marlin wanted to deal him. That's another thing to

970
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 1: think about as well. I'm very curious about the Marlins

971
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:10,360
Speaker 1: this offseason because they just what did they win? Was

972
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:14,600
Speaker 1: it seventy nine games? Seventy nine games? I believe seventy

973
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 1: nine wins they won. That's uh, that's ahead of schedule.

974
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:24,040
Speaker 1: If you're ever looking for an example of that, all right,

975
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:27,439
Speaker 1: if you keep Sandy in that Marlin's rotation, you're gonna

976
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 1: have Sandy Ury Edward Cabrera had a good year. You

977
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 1: got Ryan Weather's there. You know, they got Thomas White

978
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,520
Speaker 1: coming up the pipe Robbie Snelling. They got a lot

979
00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:41,280
Speaker 1: of good starting pitching, so with Sandy not really costing

980
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:42,680
Speaker 1: a whole ton. At the end of the day, the

981
00:54:42,719 --> 00:54:46,200
Speaker 1: Marlins they gotta sell tickets. Sandy is a face of

982
00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:50,000
Speaker 1: the franchise kind of a guy. Are the Marlins gonna

983
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:54,319
Speaker 1: be that motivated to move him? Unless they get blown away?

984
00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:57,400
Speaker 1: I think you could see a possibility where they hang

985
00:54:57,480 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 1: on to him. So I don't know. I'm looking at

986
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:03,800
Speaker 1: Ryan or Dylan Cees Sandy. I would like I just

987
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 1: wonder about what I just said. So we'll see. We'll

988
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:13,560
Speaker 1: see on that they needed number two. Those are the

989
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:15,440
Speaker 1: two guys I'm really looking for the Red Sox to

990
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,160
Speaker 1: go get moving on, moving on here, I do have

991
00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 1: one more wish. I do have one more wish, and

992
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:26,799
Speaker 1: that's suggest solidify the bullpen. Bullpen was very good this year.

993
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:29,759
Speaker 1: Justin Wilson's going to be a free agent. Though. Justin

994
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:32,200
Speaker 1: Wilson was one of the better lefties in baseball this year.

995
00:55:32,719 --> 00:55:34,640
Speaker 1: He did his job phenomenal. He had a couple of

996
00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:37,880
Speaker 1: tough spots in September right and he's looking like he

997
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:41,120
Speaker 1: ran out of gas a couple of times. But they

998
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:44,640
Speaker 1: need to figure out what is the lefty situation in

999
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:47,359
Speaker 1: the bullpen. You know, I don't think Peyton Totaly's going

1000
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,759
Speaker 1: to be a reliever moving forward, so I'm not looking

1001
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 1: at him. Kyle Harrison, I see, is a depth guy.

1002
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:54,640
Speaker 1: So they got to figure out, you know, what's gonna

1003
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:57,880
Speaker 1: happen here with the lefty situation of the bullpen. I

1004
00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:01,279
Speaker 1: could see. I could see Austin Wilson just coming back

1005
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:04,799
Speaker 1: right He was that good. So we'll see what ends

1006
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 1: up happening. We'll see. But those are my wishes as

1007
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:13,440
Speaker 1: of right now, Ladies and gentlemen, those are my wishes.

1008
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:18,359
Speaker 1: Hopefully overall this coming off season it ends up being

1009
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:23,600
Speaker 1: a big one. What I like about this offseason compared

1010
00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:26,200
Speaker 1: to last one you are compared to last off season,

1011
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:31,320
Speaker 1: is I feel like this one is pretty is more straightforward,

1012
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:35,480
Speaker 1: Like you know exactly what you need. We're last off season,

1013
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:37,840
Speaker 1: you're like, Okay, we need this, this, this, there's this

1014
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:41,200
Speaker 1: possibility we can go after these couple of guys. You know,

1015
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,120
Speaker 1: there was just so many different things going on last

1016
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:47,600
Speaker 1: off season, but you know exactly what you need right here,

1017
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:50,920
Speaker 1: It's just way more simple. I feel like it. I

1018
00:56:51,160 --> 00:56:55,680
Speaker 1: like that I like that, But everyone, we are going

1019
00:56:55,719 --> 00:56:59,239
Speaker 1: to wrap it up right there. I do. Let me

1020
00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:04,560
Speaker 1: check really quick. We got no voicemails, unfortunately, no voicemails

1021
00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:07,719
Speaker 1: for tonight. If you leave me a voicemail after the show,

1022
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:10,160
Speaker 1: I'll take a look at a couple of them when

1023
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:13,880
Speaker 1: we come back here Friday for our next show. But

1024
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:18,240
Speaker 1: call in, leave me a voicemail and give me a thought. Everybody,

1025
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:19,760
Speaker 1: if you count of the way out, hit that like

1026
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:22,240
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1027
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